revulse

See also: révulsé

English

Etymology

From Latin revulsus (“revulsed”), past participle of revello (“I revulse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvʌls/

Verb

revulse (third-person singular simple present revulses, present participle revulsing, simple past and past participle revulsed)

1. To pull back with force.
   • 1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:

     But piercing with his lance Alcmaon, son
     Of Thestor, suddenly revulsed the beam ,
     Which following , Alcmaon to the earth
     Fell prone […]

References

“revulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• velures

Latin

Participle

revulse

1. vocative masculine singular of revulsus